'Postcards to the Peninsula'
Friday 1st April 2016
Using cardboard off-cuts upcycled with old book pages and gesso we created a community artwork expressing local perspectives on biodiversity, its value and how we protect it. Each postcard, after being hand printed by individual community members, was written on the back to expresses their personal pledge to get involved in local conservation work. This includes monitoring pest presence (installing and observing chew cards) or maintaining a rat trap and identifying the species caught. This enabled sharing of this data back with the Otago Peninsula Biodiversity Group, as key collaborators in this project. Cardboard was also cut into rounds and children made thaumatropes with relevant subject matter, like a possum in a cage or a bee on a flower. This combination of social art and citizen conservation action/science is being explored by 'The Sandpit Collective', an ongoing collaboration between Jenny Rock and Lynn Taylor, their students and community members near & far!
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